Unit+6+Writing+workshop 高中英語北師大版（2019）選擇性必修第二冊

Unit6WritingworkshopAsummary

Asummaryisashort,cleardescriptionthatgivesthemainfactsorideasaboutsomething.CambridgeDictionaryWhatisasummary?Whatdowesummarizeallthetimeinourdailylives?Wemaysummarizesomethinginterestingwereadinthenewsorwemaysummarizeamovieplotlineforafriendoralessonforaclassmatewhohasbeensickandmissedclass.Useful1.Whatmakesaneffectivesummary?2.Howisthesummarystructured?3.Howcanwewriteasummaryforanarticle?ContentsnDiscussion1:Whatmakesaneffectivesummary?Tick(√)thestatementsthataretrueaboutsummarywriting.□1Asummaryshouldincludeallthemainandsupportinginformation.□2Asummaryshouldleaveoutalltheunnecessarydetailslikeexamples

andexplanations.□3Youcanaddyourownopinioninasummary.□

4Itisimportanttouseyourownwordsinthesummary.accuracy&completeness

準(zhǔn)確性和完整性conciseness簡要性objectivity客觀性rephrasing重新措辭Readthesummaryof“AmedicalPioneer”andanswerthefollowingquestions.Whatiseachparagraphmainlyabout?●personalinformation●herattitudestowardsfame

●theNobelPrizeAward●hermissionandresearchPara1Para2Para3Para4theNobelPrizeawardpersonalinformationhermissionandresearchherattitudestowardsfame

WhatdoweknowfromPara1?(para1)On

7

December,2015,Tu

Youyou

was

awarded

aNobel

Prize

for

her

discovery

of

artemisinin,a

life-saving

drug

for

malaria..thetimeoftheceremony.

thereasonfortheprize.whatartemisininisWhatdoweknowfromPara2?(para2)Tu

Youyou

majored

in

medicine

in

university

and

laterstudiedChinesemedicinewithexpertsinthefield..hermajorinuniversity.herfurtherstudyinherearlycareer

(para3)In

1969,

Tu

Youyou

was

given

the

mission

to

set

up

ateam

to

find

a

cure

for

malaria.

When

worldwidescientists

failed

to

find

a

cure

using

modern

chemicals,Tu

Youyou

turned

to

Chinese

herbs

for

help.

WhatdoweknowfromPara3?.thetimewhenshewasgiventhemission.whatthemissionis.thefailureofworldwidescientiststofindacure.Tu’smethodWhatdoweknowfromPara3?(para3)……Despitetheir

limited

resources

and

hundreds

of

failed

experi-ments,

they

found

apossible

chemical.

In

order

to

test

the

medicine,

Tu

Youyou

and

her

teamtested

the

medicine

on

their

own

bodies.

They

finally

discovered

the

mosteffective

drug

to

cure

the

disease..theirlimitedresourcesandmanyfailedexperiments.thetestonthemselves.thediscoveryofthemosteffectivedrugWhatdoweknowfromPara4?(para4)Although

Tu

Youyou

has

won

the

Nobel

Prize

and

be-come

well-known,she

isuninterested

in

fame

and

prefers

to

continue

her

research.

.Tu’shavingnointerestinfame.Tu’swillingnesstocontinueherresearch(para1)On

7

December,2015,Tu

Youyou

was

awarded

aNobel

Prize

for

her

discovery

of

artemisinin,a

life-saving

drug

for

malaria.WhatdidTusaywhensheacceptedtheaward?.Wedon’tknow..Quotesarenotincludedinasummary.CanwefindsomeexamplesoftheexpertsfromwhomTustudiedChinesemedicine?(para2)Tu

Youyou

majored

in

medicine

in

university

and

lat-erstudied

Chinese

medicine

with

experts

in

the

field..No,wecan’t..Examplesarenotincludedinasummary.

(para3)In

1969,

Tu

Youyou

was

given

the

mission

to

set

up

ateam

to

find

a

cure

for

malaria.

When

worldwidescientists

failed

to

find

a

cure

using

modern

chemicals,Tu

Youyou

turned

to

Chinese

herbs

for

help.

Whatismalaria?.Wedon’tknow..Explanationsarenotincludedinasummary.Doweknowsomeopinionsofthesummarywriterinthesummary?.No,wedon’t..Asummaryonlyprovidesfactsandopinionsfromtheoriginaltext.ConclusionWhatshouldweincludeandleaveoutinasummary?Whattoinclude☆mainpointsWhattoleaveout☆unnecessarydetails(quotes,examples,explanations)☆opinionsofthesummarywriter

Practice

Astechnologydevelops,manydigitallearningtoolshavecomeintoourlivesandchangedthewaywelearn.Forexample,wecannowlearnaforeignlanguagewithappsonoursmartphonesorsoftwareonourcomputers.Summarisethefollowingparagraphwithonesentence.example.Digitallearningtoolshavechangedthewaywelearn.A

B

Bylearningaforeignlanguage,youcangainabetterunderstandingofyourownculture.IrishlanguageexpertBennyLewisexplainedthisideawithaninterestingmetaphor(隱喻）：“Tryingtounderstandyourownculturefromwithinisliketryingtounderstandwhatabusislikeifyou’veonlyeverinsideit.Ifyouwantthebiggerpicture,youneedtogetoffthatbusandexamineitfromtheoutside.explanation.Youcangainabetterunderstandingofyourownculturebylearningaforeignlanguage.explainedDiscussion2:Howisthesummarystructured?theNobelPrizeawardpersonalinformationhermissionandresearchherattitudestowardsfame

para1para2para3para4thesummarytheoriginaltextpart1(para1)part2(para2)part3(para3-4)part4(para5)Discussion3:Howcanwewriteasummaryforanarticle?Tips.Readthetextanddivideitintoparts..Summariseeachpartinoneortwosentencescoveringthekeyinformation..Avoidincludingquotes,examplesandexplanations..Avoidaddingyourownideas..

Uselinkingwordswherenecessary.PracticecRole-playing,inwhichachildpretendstobeanotherpersoninanactivity,canbenefitchildreninmanyways.Expertsonchilddevelopmentbelievethatrole-playingcanincreasetheconnectionsinchildren’sbrainsthathelpthemlearn.Forexample,whenchildrenactoutastory,itenablesthemtodeveloptheirorallanguageskills.Children’ssocialskillscanalsobedeveloped.Astheydressupandpretendtobedifferentcharacters,theylearnaboutcooperationandsharing.explanationexplanationexplanationexampleSummarizethefollowingparagraphwithonesentence.Role-playingcanbenefitchildreninmanyways.Expertsonchilddevelopmentbelievethatrole-playingcanincreasetheconnectionsinchildren’sbrains.Children’ssocialskillscanalsobedeveloped.Role-playingcanincreasetheconnectionsinchildren’sbrainandalsodevelopchildren’ssocialskills.writeasummaryforthearticle“TheSuperheroBehindSuperman”.☆Howmanypartscanthearticlebedividedinto?Whatdoeseachpartfocuson?Part1(para.1)generalintroductionPart2(para.2-3)Part3(para.4-5)Part4(para.6)lifebeforetheaccidentasuperheroinreallifehisdeathSummariseeachpartinoneortwosentenceswiththekeyinformation(Para.1)The

storyofChristopherReeve’slifeisonethatisalmostimpossibletoimagine—fromawildlysuccessfulHollywoodcareer,tothehorroroflife-threateninginjury;Reeveexperiencedboth.Thus,notonlyisheknownasasuperherointheSupermanfilms,butheisalsoregardedasasuperherotomanyinreallife.☆ChristopherReeveisnotonlyasuperherointheSupermanfilms,butalsoasuperheroinreallife.Apossibleversionofthesummaryforthewholearticle

ChristopherReeveisnotonlyasuperherointheSupermanfilms,butalsoasuperheroinreallife.Reevestarredinhisfirstschoolplayateightandwaseventuallygivent